Mothproof bag



March 31. 1925.

w. c. DEISS MOTHPROOF BAG Filed Sept. 13, 1925 INVENTbR" I] 71 22.;mmllhrrm xsls ATTORNEYS- Patented Mar. 31, 1925.

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WILLIAM C. DEISS, C 'E BROOKLYN, HE VJ YGRK, ASSIG'NOR T6 WHITE TAR (70., OF NEW YORK, N. Y., OC 'RPOBATIOIT ()1? NEW YORK.

MOTMZPROOF BAG.

Application filed September 13, 1928.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM G. Dniss, a citizen of the United States-and a resident of the city of New York,borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Mothproof Bag, of which the fol lowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to a moth proof bag, and has for an object the provision of a bag with a new and improved form of opening whereby when open the bag keeps itself in a fully extended position so that garments and other articles can be very easily inserted into the bag with one hand while the bag-supporting element is held in the other hand.

Another object concerns the provision of means whereby the bag can be very simply and efliciently closed and made substantially airtight.

A further object concerns the provision of means whereby the bagsupporting elements and the folds of the bag are so arranged that when it is desired to collapse the bag it can be collapsed into a very compact package.

The invention is illustrated in the drawings, of which-- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the bag open Fig. 2 is a partial perspective view of the bag closed;

Fig. 3 is a section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a section taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3; and

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the bag folded up.

The form of the invention as shown in the drawings is a preferred form, although it is understood that modifications in the construction and arrangement of the parts and in the character o the materials used may be adopted without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Serial No. 662,568.

culty hase hithertobeen experienced in handling these bags.

However, I have found that providing a bag with reenforcement along the to and the bottom and providing the bag with an opening in its side rather than in its top and bottom, the reenforcenients, combined with the lateral opening, make it easy for the supporting element on the top to be held in one hand while the garments are being inserted in the lateral opening with the other hand.

I also find that by providing a more or less loosely connected supporting element, arranged and disposed substantially transverse to the top, that the bag can be more easily hung in a closet. As shown in the drawings, the invention comprises a bag 1 open at one side 2, which is provided with a plurality of folds whereby the bag can be folded up in the usual manner and fastened tightly in this folded position by any suitable fastening means such as 3 as shown in Fig. 2. The top and bottom of the bag t and 5, respectively, are provided, preferably on their inner surfaces, with reenforcing plates, such as 6 and 7, which may be of any suitable material, such as metal or stiff cardboard. On the top of the bag I provide a metallic plate 8 suitably grooved to receive a portion of a loop or bail 9 to which a hook 10 is loosely connected so that considerable flexibility is permitted between the bail 9 and the plate 8 and between the hook 10 and the bail 9. In this way the bail and the hook can be laid fiat on the top of the bag when the bag is to be folded up and packed away. On the inner surface of the top of the bag I provide another plate 11 immediately beneath the plate 8 and connected thereto through the bag by any suitable means. To this plate 11, which is suitably grooved, I pivotally suspend another bail or loop 12 from which garment hangers can be supported within the bag.

The bag is also provided with horizontally extending folded portions such as 13 so that the bag can be collapsed into the position shown in Fig. 5, thus to occupy very small space when it is belng packed away for storage or for shipment in quantities.

It will, therefore, be seen that by providing a lateral opening in a moth proof bag, by reenforcing the top and bottom, and by providing the flexible, loosely connected supporting element at the top, the support of the bag in the closet and the removal from and the insertion of garments into the bag are made relatively simple matters because by reason of the lateral opening along an edge not reenforced the bag will retain its fully extended shape so that the hitherto experienced tendency of bags of this sort W to collapse at their openings is avoided.

What I claim is:-

A moth proof bag construction which comprises a bag having a reenforced top and bottom surface, a supporting plate fastened transversely to the outside of the top surface, a pivoted bail connected to said plate, and a hook laterally connected to said bail.

WILLIAM C. DEISS. 

